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Office of Science and Data Policy (SDP)

The Office of Science and Data Policy is the departmental focal point for policy research, analysis, evaluation, and coordination of department-wide public health science policy and data policy activities and issues. The Office provides authoritative advice and analytical support to the ASPE and departmental leadership on public health science policy and data policy issues and initiatives, coordinates science and data policy issues of interagency scope within HHS, and manages interagency initiatives in science policy and data policy. The Office works closely with staff from across the Department on strategic plan development and implementation efforts. The Offices also carries out a program of policy research, analysis, evaluation, and data development in these issues.

The Office of Science and Data Policy includes several components:

Topic Areas:

  • HHS Data Council
  • Regulatory Impact Analysis
  • Strategic Planning
  • Information Quality Guidelines
  • Prevention and wellness
  • Public health systems and functions
  • Food safety and nutrition
  • Drugs and devices
  • Tobacco control and prevention
  • Biomedical research and development
  • Economic analysis
  • Emergency preparedness, response, and recovery
  • Data and statistical policy
  • Health disparities and vulnerable populations
  • Health information technology
  • Microsimulation
  • Privacy policy

Reports

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The Underserved and Health Information Technology: Issues and Opportunities

Prepared by: Adil Moiduddin Jonathan Moore

Application of Adult-Based Dietary Guidelines to Children: Evidence, Knowledge Gaps and Policy Implications

Application of Adult-Based Dietary Guidelines to Children: Evidence, Knowledge Gaps and Policy Implications Prepared by: Ronette R. Briefel, Allison Hedley Dodd, Charlotte Cabili and Carol West Suitor
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Measuring Income and Poverty in Four Surveys: an Overview

Policy makers use national surveys to paint a picture of the U.S. population along a variety of dimensions. If major surveys are equally successful in capturing income, then, for the same time period, populations and income types, consistently defined income estimates and poverty rates across surveys will be highly similar — varying somewhat due to sampling error.

Personalized Health Care Initiative Workshop: "Understanding the Needs of Consumers in the Use of Genome-based Health Information Services" - Executive Summary

Background In March 2007, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) launched the Personalized Health Care Initiative to advance the integration of gene-based technologies into health care delivery.  The Initiative is aimed at helping to achieve a new paradigm for health care in which interventions may be better tailored to each individual based on his or h

Personalized Health Care Initiative Workshop: Understanding the Needs of Consumers in the Use of Genome-based Health Information Services

Personalized Health Care Initiative Workshop: "Understanding the Needs of Consumers in the Use of Genome-based Health Information Services"

Through the HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), the Personalized Health Care Initiative sponsored a workshop in Washington, D.C., on July 7, 2008 entitled “Understanding the Needs of Consumers in the Use of Genome-based Health Information Services.

Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN) Workforce Study

Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN) Workforce Study: Final Report

Submitted to Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Office of the Secretary U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Washington, DC Submitted by: Altarum Institute Ann Arbor, MI and NHII Advisors Arlington, VA  

Personalized Health Care Expert Panel Meeting: Summary Report

Contents Demonstrating Clinical Validity and Utility Demonstrating Value Reducing Health Disparities Educating and Engaging Providers and Consumers Using Databases to Build Eviden

Consumer Control of Electronic Personal Health Information: What Does It Mean? Why Is It Important?

A Report on Three Consumer Focus Group Meetings Convened in October, 2005 by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation By: Susan Kanaan Suzie Burke-Bebee Helga E. Rippen U.S. Department of Health and Human Services